Useful Links – Parents & Children

Art

At Home Arts with the Ark

https://ark.ie/projects/details/at-home-arts-activities

Song writing, art and theatre activities for children from Ireland’s dedicated children’s cultural centre.

Draw with Don – Don Conroy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4dO9D4okn25M6mvfB02r

Draw along with Irish artist Don Conroy on his YouTube channel.

Creative Writing

Sarah Webb Daily Story Prompts

https://moli.ie/learning/bright-sparks-creative-bursts/

Creative Bursts are writing games and prompts to encourage creativity with paper and pen.

Sarah Crossan Daily Poetry Prompts

https://www.instagram.com/sarahcrossanwriter/

Poetry prompts and poetry discussions for teens with Ireland’s Children’s Laureate Sarah Crossan on her Instagram page. Follow #WeAreThePoets for finished pieces by teens!

Learning Support

Scoilnet.ie

https://www.scoilnet.ie/

Scoilnet.ie is the official online portal for Irish Schools. Scoilnet.ie contains a database of over 20,000+ online resources including websites, quizzes, lesson plans, notes, video/audio, games and other multimedia.

RTE Home School Hub

https://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/1127275-rte-home-school-hub/

Bilingual teaching for classes 1st to 6th daily from 11am to 12pm on RTE2 and online.

Maths Week Ireland

https://www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home/

Daily Maths at Home activities to get brains working and integrate maths into our home lives through basic arithmetic, calendars, clocks and more!

Animal Updates with Dublin Zoo

https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/

Watch live webcams of the elephant, penguin and Savanna enclosures at Dublin Zoo and learn about the animals through daily trivia and activities.

Rescources to support Junior & Leaving Certificate Students

https://jcsplibraries.com/free-resources/

JCSP librarians have put together a curated list of resources to support JC & LC students. It covers resources by subject and includes a list for wellbeing at this time.